Send data to Oracle Responsys

Oracle Responsys is an email marketing product that helps improve conversions, strengthen customer relationships, and dramatically lessen messaging fragmentation.

This topic describes the steps that are required to send CSV files to Oracle Responsys from Amperity:

1. Get details

2. Add destination

3. Add data template

Get details

Oracle Responsys requires the following configuration details:

	The username.
	The host public key.
	For passphrase credentials, the passphrase; for private key credentials, the private key.
	The remote folder to which Amperity will send data. Important A “/” (forward slash) must be used as the first character for this value. For example: “/folder/name”.
	The public key to use for PGP encryption.

Add destination

Configure Amperity to send CSV files directly to Oracle Responsys.

To add a destination

	Open the Destinations tab to configure a destination for Oracle Responsys. Click the Add Destination button to open the Destination dialog box. Enter a name for the destination and provide a description. For example: “Oracle Responsys” and “This sends CSV files to Oracle Responsys”. From the Plugin drop-down, start typing “oracle” to filter the list, and then select Oracle Responsys.
	Credentials allow Amperity to connect to Oracle Responsys. The credential type is set automatically to oracle-responsys. You may use an existing credential or you may add a new one. Select an existing credential from the Credential drop-down. – or – Select Create a new credential from the Credential drop-down. This opens the Credential dialog box. Enter the name for the credential, and then add a description. Select files.responsys.net or files.dc2.responsys.net, or a custom hostname similar to <id>-sftp.responsys.ocs.oraclecloud.com from the HOSTNAME drop-down list. Enter the username and passphrase. When finished, click Save.
	Each destination has settings that define how Amperity will deliver data to Oracle Responsys. These settings are listed under the Settings section of the Destination dialog box. Complete the following SFTP Settings: The path to the Remote folder. Tip If the path to the remote folder contains a space, use a backslash () character to escape that space. For example, a folder named “From ACME” should be entered as “From\ ACME”. The File format. Select the file format – CSV – from the drop-down list. Optional. The Escape character that is required by Oracle Responsys. Note If an escape character is not specified and quote mode is set to “None” this may result in unescaped, unquoted files. When an escape character is not specified, you should select a non-“None” option from the Quote Mode setting. Optional. The Compression format. Encoding method options include “Tar”, “Tgz”, “Zip”, “GZip”, and “None”. Optional. The PGP public key that is used to encrypt files that are sent to Oracle Responsys. Optional. The Quote mode that should be used within the file. From the drop-down, select one of “all fields”, “all non-NULL fields”, “fields with special characters only”, “all non-numeric fields” or “None”. Note If the quote mode is set to “None” and the Escape Character setting is empty this may result in unescaped, unquoted files. When quote mode is not set to “None”, you should specify an escape character. Optional. Select Include success file upon completion to add a .DONE file that indicates when an orchestration has finished sending data. Tip If a downstream sensor is listening for files sent from Amperity, configure that sensor to listen for the presence of the .DONE file. Optional. Select Include header row in output files if headers should be included in the output. Optional. Select Row number to include a row number column in the output file. Applies to CSV, TSV, PSV, and custom delimiter file types. When enabled, you may specify the name of the row number column in the output file. Optional. Select Exclude Parquet extension from the directory name for managing how Apache Parquet files are added to directories.
	By default a destination is available to all users who have permission to view personally identifiable information (PII). A destination may be configured to restrict access to only users assigned to the Datagrid Operator and Datagrid Administrator policies. Enable the Admin only checkbox. A destination may be configured to allow users with limited access to PII. Enable the PII setting checkbox. What is restricted access to PII? Restricted PII access is enabled when the Restrict PII access policy option that prevents users who are assigned to that option from viewing data that is marked as PII anywhere in Amperity and from sending that data to any downstream workflow.
	Review all settings, and then click Save. Important You must configure a data template for this destination before you can send data to Oracle Responsys.

Add data template

A data template defines how columns in Amperity data structures are sent to downstream workflows. A data template is part of the configuration for sending query and segment results from Amperity to an external location.

To add a data template

	From the Destinations tab, open the menu for a destination that is configured for Oracle Responsys, and then select Add data template. This opens the Add Data Template dialog box. Enter the name of the data template and a description. For example: “Oracle Responsys” and “Send CSV files to Oracle Responsys.”.
	Verify business user access to queries and orchestrations and access to segments and campaigns. A business user may also have restricted access to PII, which prevents them from viewing and sending customer profile data. If business user access was not configured as part of the destination, you may configure access from the data template. Important To allow business users to use this destination with campaigns, you must enable the Available to campaigns option. This allows users to send campaign results from Amperity to Oracle Responsys. If you enable this option, the data extension settings require using campaign name and group name template variables to associate the name of the data extension to your campaign.
	Verify all configuration settings. Note When the settings required by the SFTP site were are not configured as part of the destination, you must configure them as part of the data template before making this destination available to campaigns. Tip For custom hostnames type the value directly into the Hostname field.
	Review all settings, and then click Save. After you have saved the data template, and depending on how you configured it, business users can send query results and/or send campaign results to Oracle Responsys.